The thought of Eternity’s love pouring down,
Humanity’s most beautiful gift,
Given to me, takes my breath away,
My feeblest attempt to describe your grace,
Brings me to a faint glimpse of your beauty,
There are not enough words or paintings,
To describe the promise of His sacred truth,
Humanity’s tragic tramp through history,
Is our sad story of heartbroken forgetting.

Today I am called to remember,
Touched by the healing waters of love,
I am His beloved, never forgotten,
Entrusted with the gift of his truthful heart,
Sharing the fragrance of his body,
Closely held in an intimate embrace,
My delight is in Grace’s words to me,
A procession of never ending praise,
His white blaze of glory warms my soul,
Entering my heart in a joyous celebration,
My eyes are captured by Eternity’s gaze,
Inviting me into His heart, the soul of love,
Forever, the promise of life shared with me.

Where is truth when I want it the most?
Each day I question God’s justice,
Why does he forget those who love him?
I hear amazing stories and wonder what I missed,
Where is my amazing story of victorious praise?
Why, God, when I pray do you not hear me?

God’s hand controls everything,
I know this and yet I am forgotten,
Waiting day and night for justice to be heard,
While stupidity continues to live unscathed,
His death words have no accountability,
Doing what he wants; leaving a destructive wake,
My life bears the scars of stupidity’s actions,
Humiliation is his shameful legacy,
Etched in his string of broken lives.

I will not forget God,
Even when scorn’s ugly grimace,
And, his unloving smile,
Leers at my heartache,
My broken life draws me to God’s heart,
Shared with His Beloved,
The lost love of trust,
Emerges out of the shattered mess,
His Beloved will awaken,
Unfailing love restoring life,
Always faithful to His promise.

The long wait for truth is now over,
God is taking back what belongs to him,
The painful path of a friendship lost,
Grieving it’s unrealised hopes and dreams,
Disloyalty is discovered by wisdom,
Sadness the price of a broken heart.

The reminders of friendship’s failure,
Are my guide along Wisdom’s path,
The valley of brokenness,
Is leading me to God’s sacred promise,
The beauty of the mountaintop,
Is discovered in hopeful longing breaths,
Each gasp a reminder of life given to me,
My lament transformed into praise,
Breaking through the despair,
Bringing light to each new day.

The good time friend quickly faded,
Lost in his fruitless search for satisfaction,
I was never enough to satisfy his painful wounds,
My heart broke the day I was made nothing,
Cast aside with a feeble justifying lie.

In the distant corner of a forgetful heart,
I glimpsed the memory of better days,
Love always brings new life,
Eternity is the language of hope,
All this returned to me,
I soak it up day after day,
I never tire of Love’s kind words of truth,
Nothing became His greatest treasure,
The lies was transformed by truth.

My sadness is now understood,
Disappointment’s harsh words softened by hope,
Remembering each day His mercies,
Grieving tears replaced by laughter’s praise,
My joy found in Eternity’s approving touch,
Praise is the day’s beginning and end.

Kindness knows the gentle words,
Learned from Hope’s holy whisper,
Seeking out what belongs to eternity,
Saving beauty for eternal appreciation,
All opposition is stopped in its tracks,
Life emerges from the desert of desolation.

Deserted by those who should have cared,
Mercy never entered their thoughts,
Gathering a full quiver of hate,
Ready to send the next flurry of death,
Rumour has no friends only seeking to destroy,
Its putrid breath spitting its vile word vomit.

My heart has returned to what is most loved,
Desiring God’s nod of approval each day,
Friendship always will show its true heart,
I know who treasures my soul,
The truth is clear its actions leave no doubt,
Fickle friends colours fly defeatedly,
I begin each day with the approval of Eternity,
Our praise joined shouting a joyous celebration.

The long dark night that saw no end,
Stretched in an interminable restless waiting,
Sleepless night followed sleepless night,
Caught in the trap of Despair’s hopeless lament,
When my blackest night started at the day’s dawn,
God heard my pitiful cry and Love reached down,
I glimpsed for a moment a shimmer of light,
It transformed my uncertain next step,
Into the bold stride of a sure direction.

Night has lost its terrorising power over me,
My pleasure begins from my soul,
My “Anam Cara” is found and cherished,
My soul is captured by the joy of his welcome,
I can’t stop talking about this found friend,
Loyalty that stretches into eternity’s horizon,
This is my certainty, giving new words of praise.

The wasted effort of Hate’s angry words,
Are put aside for the promise of loyalty,
The short lived delight of endless deception,
Fade into the background when belonging is found,
Hate’s victory shout will become a pitiful whimper,
Eternity will remind them of their deceitful choices.

My lost nights were the beginning of hope,
The sobs of despair transformed into laughter,
My life is a testimony to loyalty’s transformation,
Poverty is turned into an abundance of trust,
My broken heart found where it belongs,
Captured by the words of truth and life,
And, Eternity’s never ending shouts of praise.

The long silence is over,
The time is here to stand for truth,
Life is too short to waste a moment,
Lost in rushing around full of futile activity,
Forgetting what Eternity will always remember.

I want my life to be different,
Not wasted on piles of cheap trinkets,
A legacy of obedience to God will be my hope,
Stupidity can do what He wants,
Mocking words will not deter me from loyalty,
I will reap my reward of faithfulness,
And, face the consequences of forgetting you.

My saddest moments came when I forgot,
When I made this life everything,
You took everything so I would remember,
Now, I seek God in my daily prayer,
Knowing that my brief time here,
Is the beginning of a smile that ends with eternity.

When every thought was captured by fear,
I thought my life was completely worthless,
Day after day darkness chased away hope,
The sick feeling of inconsolable failure,
Churned constantly in my head, never resting,
Sleepless nights followed worry filled days,
Until the day my heart truly broke,
Lying on the floor frozen, broken, nowhere to go.

Everyone tired of my constant lament,
There was no one and no hope left for me,
I was left with my pain,
Made even worse by Contempt’s deceit,
Lie after lie filled with false promise,
Seeking to capture me and drag me down,
False hope followed his arrogant word vomit.

But, I have left hate behind,
His attempts to deceive bounce off me,
My confidence is in God’s mercy,
Forgiveness is the sweet release from failure,
God’s gift to me, when failure bound my life,
When I felt furthest from God; my life a disaster,
I saw my deceitful heart and it’s loneliness,
This is where God found me and brought hope,
At my worst moment within an inch of death,
God reached down and with a gentle touch,
Carried me to the home of the beloved,
Abandoned by hate, brought into Love’s presence,
Help is close by, Fear is waiting for his final defeat.

Mercy was my last hope,
Turning the tables on despair,
I live for each moment spent with Grace,
Knowing that He gives abundantly,
Never holding back any of His mercies,
My endless list of failures,
Grace brings back to zero,
The shame of not being good enough,
Transformed by generous overflowing love.

My face yearns for Hope’s eyes,
Warm and inviting me to trust again,
Selfish ambition was the hopeless path,
Taking me to the depths of depression,
That black pit of despair,
That wanted to take away any goodness,
Life is intended for blessing,
Receiving my promised gifts from God,
Not creating my small kingdoms.

The rewards of selfishness are coming,
Full of themselves today,
And, crumpled in a heap tomorrow,
Grand houses offer little safety,
Compared to my home with Eternity,
Today, I take refuge with God,
Honest trust is my sincere desire,
Praise emerges from my small seed of hope,
Safety found from my glimpse of Eternity’s life.

Deceit’s path is clearly laid out,
Leading to the pit of despair,
Full of nothing,
His word has no substance.
Loyalty is his weapon,
Wielding trust for his purpose,
His path goes nowhere,
He stands on the precipice,
The yawning abyss is his destination.

Honesty will wait for God,
Trusting his words,
I wait each day for Eternity to speak,
Knowing my dear enemy’s sleepless nights,
Are his constant reminder of what is lost,
The trophy gained will be his millstone,
As he clutches at worthless hope,
Ending with the angry words,
From a life lived in dissatisfied greed.

My anger is gone,
Not wasted on discarded loyalty,
Truth belongs to eternity,
And, I belong to eternal truth,
All the hate filled words snarled at me,
Are gathered up by Mercy,
He gives them back to Hate,
They become Hate’s own judgement,
Shattering his wall of arrogant pride,
Justice arrives to God’s beloved,
Wait, it’s not far away, loyalty’s gift is coming,
Restoring love is yearning to complete His work.